We spoke to the Carbon Cliff/Barstow District Superintendent, Andy Richmond who says through he doesn’t condone the alleged cheating, he understands why a teacher may do it. He blames federal mandates in regards to standardize testing for the added pressure those teachers and administrators might feel. He says the current "one size fits all” method doesn’t work.

“It’s like trying to take a square peg and trying to fit it into a round hole,” Richmond says. “It just doesn’t fit everybody. When you are tying performance, budget money, and grant money in to how your students are performing, there is a lot of pressure there.”

Eagle Ridge School teacher and Union President, Val Schneider agrees.

“The standards that the students have to be held to right now are extremely high.”